My city is mostly known for the Ronald Regan Library, but people still remember the first Rodney King/LAPD officers trial was held here. We were regularly targetted, four about 5 years after the trial, for racial violence every time there was a high profile trial that produced any sort of racial tension (even OJ's trial). Militant minority activists labelled us as a "white town" and had a grassroots effort going to burn our town in the next riot.
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